Characteristics of human encounters and social mixing patterns relevant to infectious diseases spread by close contact: a survey in Southwest Uganda
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DOI: 10.1186/s12879-018-3073-1
Abstract: BackgroundQuantification of human interactions relevant to infectious disease transmission through social contact is central to predict disease dynamics, yet data from low-resource settings remain scarce.MethodsWe undertook a social contact survey in rural Uganda, whereby participants… read more here.
Keywords: infectious diseases; characteristics human; contact survey; contact ... See more keywords
Close contact infection dynamics over time: insights from a second large-scale social contact survey in Flanders, Belgium, in 2010-2011
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DOI: 10.1186/s12879-021-05949-4
Abstract: Background In 2010-2011, we conducted a social contact survey in Flanders, Belgium, aimed at improving and extending the design of the first social contact survey conducted in Belgium in 2006. This second social contact survey… read more here.
Keywords: 2010 2011; contact survey; time; social contact ... See more keywords